This Antiquities
auction December 12, 2013 at Sotheby's New
York is highlighted by a grotesque Roman Imperial marble statue of a
satyr wearing a mask of Silenus, a Egyptian chlorite lion-head
of Sekmet,
and many good Roman bronzes and marbles.

Lot
43 is a Roman Imperial marble statue of a young satyr wearing a
theatrical mask of Silenus. It is circa 1st Century A.D. and
23 7/16 inches high. According to the catalogue, it has
restorations made in 1628 by Alessandro Algardi, who, according to the
catalogue, "along with Gianlorenzo Bernini was one of the two most
famous sculptors of the Baroque Age in Rome," and was "probably found
circa 1620 on the grounds of Villa Ludovisi in Rome. The
young satyr is seen thrusting his hand through the caping mouth of the
mask. The catalogue entry notes that "the base, support,
lower right lef, left leg, genitalia, left arm, both ears and right
hand restored in marble. It has an estimate of $3,000,000 to
$5,000,000. It sold
for $3,525,000.
It was exhibited recently at the J. Paul Getty Museum in
Malibu, California, and has been very widely published.

Lot 9 is a very impressive
Egyptian diorite head of the Goddess Sekhmet from Thebes, 18th Dynasty,
reign of Amenhotep III,1390-1353 B.C. It is 14 inches high
and is missing its left ear and an inserted headdress. It is
the cover illustration of the catalogue that notes that Sekhmet "was
the divine consort of Ptah, chief god of Memphis in Lower Egypt" and
who "later came to be identified with the Goddess Mut who was similarly
the consort of the chief god of Thebes in Upper Egypt, Amun," adding
that his head probably once stood among over six hundred images of
Sekhmut, goddess of war and protector of the king which adorned the
courts and passagemewyas of the great temple Amenthop III built in
honor of the goddess Mut." The lot has an estimate of
$800,000 to $1,200,000. It
sold for $4,197,000.

Lot
35 is a very nice Hellinistic marble torso of Aphrodite from circa 1st
Century B.C. It is 9 3/4 inches high and was once in the
collection of William Welles Bosworth, whom the catalogue identified as
the personal architect of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
It has a modest estimate of $50,000 to $80,000. It sold for $87,500.

Lot 36 is a large marble head
of Persephone, Roman Imperial, Hadrianic, circle early 2nd Century A.D.
It is 11 1/2 inches high and according to the catalogue was
inspired by a Greek work in late severe systle of circa 460 B.C.
It has an estimate of $400,000 to $600,000 It failed to sell.

Lot 39,
"Monumental marble Head of Hermes-Thoth," Late Hellenisitic, circa 2nd
Century B.C. 17 inches high

Lot
39 is a "Monumental" marble head of Hermes-Thoth, Late Hellenistic,
circa 2nd Century B.C. It is 17 inches high and is probably
from a standing cult figure of the god It was once in the
collection of Robin Symes of London. It has an estimate of
$2,5000,000 to $3,500,000. It
sold for $4,645,000.

Lot
31 is an excellent headless Roman Imperial Asia Minor marble caryatid
figure of the muse Melpomene, circa 2nd Century A.D. It is 48
1/2 inches high and has been widely published. It has an
estimate of $250,000 to $350,000. It
sold for $605,000.

Lot 28 is a fine, Roman
Imperial, Asia Minor marble statue of Zeus, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
It is 23 inches high. An eagle stands on a
thunderbolt at his feet. It has an estimate of $30,000 to
$50,000. It sold
for $$68,750.

Lot
2 is an impressive, Egyptian limestone architrave relief from the Old
Kingdom, Early 6th Dynasty, circa 2354-2300 B.C. It is 26 1/4
inches long and was once with Mathias Komor of New York It
has an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. It sold for $112,500.

Lot
13 is a very nice Egyptian bronze figure of the Horus Falcon from the
26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C. It is 6 3/8 inches high
and is missing its feet. It is property from the collection
of Alex and Elisabeth Lewyt. It has a modest estimate of
$6,000 to $9,000. It
sold for $35,000.

Lot
3 is a fine Egyptian limestone relief fragment from the 19th Dynasty,
reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 B.C. It is 20 1/4 inches long
and was once in the collection of Denys Sutton. It has a
modest estimate o $20,000 to $30,000.

Another
good work from the collection of Denys Sutton is Lot 11, an Egyptian
bronze statue of Harpocrates from the Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
It is6 1/4 inches high. It has an
estimate of $8,000 to $12,000. It sold for $31,250.

Lot
7 is a small granite Egyptian head of a man from the18th Dynasty,
period of Amenhotep III, 1403-1365 B.C. It is 3 inches high
and was once in the collection of M.r and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin.
It has an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000. It sold for $27,500.